Directories on Linux systems provide an easy and very convenient way to organize your files. In fact, depending on how you like to work, you can set up as many layers of directories within directories ...

Permissions have two parts: an action and a set of users. The three actions—read, write, and execute—define what can be done ...

The -v flag is pretty common for Linux commands. It enables verbose mode, which is useful to see what happens in the ...

Title more or less says it all: we have a Linux server (Debian Woody) and some iMac clients (running 10.3) used by multiple (unexperienced) users. Since they are not guaranteed to work on the same ...

Linux 101: How to create a directory from the command line Your email has been sent Hello admins, Jack Wallen here with a Linux 101-level tip. This time around we’re going to learn how to create a ...

Our back up was successful. How to back up a local Linux directory to a remote Linux host with rsync Your email has been sent There are countless ways to back up data on the Linux platform. One of the ...

A file server is a specialized PC that holds large numbers of files that many people on a network can access. It “serves up” files to everyone instead of each person having files on his or her own PC.

Many small and medium-sized businesses standardize on Microsoft Active Directory (AD) for user authentication and management. That works really well when all the servers and client computers are ...